we actually would expect investigators to come later when the sun comes up. fire happened last night. you can see behind me this is a small complex in hayward at second and e streets which is across the street from all-saints catholic schools. the fire started in the kitchen and spread from there. you can see by charring outside of that apartment building, corner unit, i believe it's unit number 9, that it spread from the kitchen and seems to have consumed much of everything inside. when hayward fire arrived they made entry and found the woman that you mentioned in the kitchen area. she was unresponsive. did have a pulse. taken to eden medical center. condition is unknown. we believe she was seriously hurt in this fire. reporting live in hayward, bob redell, "today in the bay." just about 6:02. a san jose mother who lied about the attempted abduction of her 2-year-old daughter may be charged later today for filing a

false police report. police discovered the lie after re-interviewing the woman. her story wasn't consistent. this morning a number of people are upset including police who spent money on the investigation. also neighbors who for 48 hours thought a child predator was on the loose. the police will discuss the case with the santa clara county d.a.'s office who will decide whether charges should be filed. an online petition gathering more than 500 supporters asking the san jose district attorney not to file charges against hernandez. hernandez stands accused of killing a suspected burglar at his apartment complex. hernandez's lawyer says he acted because the san jose police department was slow to investigate a series of thefts at that complex. supporters say they will gather outside santa clara superior court today to rally behind hernandez. it is another spare the air day. good morning to you. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. good morning.

>> good morning to you. it is another spare the air day. you can actually see that layer of haze so thick out there. as we head throughout the day today, temperatures will climb from the 30s and 40s where we are now into the 70s in some cities and we keep that climb going for the weekend. just want to point out what we have in store for you. if you are headed out to that mavericks festival, just beautiful conditions. at 1:00 p.m., 69 degrees. unseasonably warm as we head throughout this weekend. this is at the beach as you can imagine some of your inland cities will be even warmer. stay tuned. i have your seven-day outlook in my next report. first, let's look at your drive this morning. friday. hi, mike. the bay bridge already has a backup cash lanes. fastrak lanes okay. this is light for the friday commute over at the bay bridge. nonetheless the build is on and we'll probably see metering lights today. we don't see them all the time on friday. we're looking at a good volume of traffic. the map shows you no slowing approaching the toll plaza. just past there up the incline

where you see slowing start. that's why i think you might see metering lights. we'll track that. not always the case on a friday. we're looking southbound 280 toward vista point off-ramp. that crash working there involving originally four cars and then the reports of some deer that may have been injured in the area. waiting for updates to see if they have the deer injured and in lanes but it looks like traffic has been flowing past the scene for 15 minutes without major delays. a lot of lanes. little traffic through the area. watch for activity as you head down into woodside. live look outside shows you san mateo bridge over to the peninsula with taillights. 880, 92 on the east bay starting to slow a tad bit on the approach out of hayward. 880 moves smoothly past the truck scales and fremont no delays for 880 yesterday and here north 101 we're starting to see things bog down just around the 680 interchange where we take a look because of volume of traffic. even friday light is a relative term. lighter but still slowing. back to you.

>> thank you very much, mike. 6:05 right now. there's a lot of things going on for sports fans this weekend. got things on the ice, on the gridiron and in the surf. "today in the bay's" christie smith live at ocean beach where the waves are swelling ahead of the surf competition. christie, it is back. sounds good. >> absolutely. good morning. happy friday to you, jon. for the first time in nearly three years conditions are ripe. the text went out earlier this week mavericks invitational is a go. they are expecting high waves. 24 surfers from around the world will compete in half moon bay over the weekend for $50,000. the winner pulls in 12,000. five surfers will ride a special surfboard. the contest director at jeff clark designed it to be faster. in the past about 40,000 people crowded into half moon bay to watch and that has some of the

locals looking at a plan b. >> it makes locals angry. it's fun to watch and it's great. living in a small town like this, there's a lot of that tourists coming and traffic and it's hard to get around. >> chill akchillaxing at home. letting tourists come in and spend money. >> reporter: the beach they usually go to will be blocked to prevent a washout again. in 2010, fans were knocked off their feet by big waves that kept rolling in. there is a festival with big screens that will be set up to watch. the action gets started sunday morning 8:00 a.m. sharp. we'll stream the mavericks webcast at nbcbayarea.com for the duration. just checked out their website. one of my favorite quotes on their website this morning. keep watching. the waves will be insane. reporting live at ocean beach,

i'm christie smith, "today in the bay." >> insanity. okay. >> rip curl. that's all i got. 6:07. also a big weekend for hockey and football. the 49ers will load up and fly out to atlanta this afternoon ahead of sunday's nfc title game. the winner heads to the super bowl. game time is at noon. i love to watch kaepernick. the sharks are leaving the lockout behind with the season opener in calgary. that's also on sunday. the puck drops at 4:00. >> to go with that cool action enough time to get out and buy a kaepernick jersey for sunday. i think you might need one. >> good idea. i just got excited. it is 6:07 right now. coming up, wondering what's the best time to score a deal on r airfare? we'll tell you about that just ahead. >> single moms paying $70,000 a year in taxes? we'll take a look coming up in business news. a live look at the south

bay. that is san jose. you can see the haze along the horizon there in the south bay it is spare the air day. christina will talk about that in her fall forecast at 6:08. stay with us.

another live look at what's happening in chicago right now. this is really odd situation. live look at a cemetery. illinois lottery winner found dead a day after collecting his winnings is being exhumed right now. or originally the man appeared to die of natural causes but later it was discovered he likely died of cyanide poisoning. his body is being exhumed to another autopsy can be done to rule out natural causes that may have contributed to his death. no public word from manti

te'o. his inspiring story about the death of his girlfriend turned out to be a hoax. te'o released a statement but not spoken publicly about this case. notre dame and te'o say he was a victim of a very sick prank. with te'o just remaining silent, questions still all over the place including whether te'o himself was in on this scheme. so far all those answers to those questions still remain very much a mystery. he was once a sports icon, lance armstrong coming clean to oprah about using performance enhancing drugs. in an interview that has everyone talking this morning, armstrong says he never felt like he was cheating because so many cyclists were doing the same thing. >> i have this exercise where i kept hearing that i'm a drug cheat. i'm a cheat. i'm a cheater. i went and looked up the definition of cheat. the definition of cheat is to gain an advantage on a rival or

foe that they don't have. i didn't view it that way. i viewed it as a level playing field. >> this morning on the "today" show matt lauer will talk exclusively with one of lance armstrong's former teammates and the "today" show will have an exclusive interview with the ceo of armstrong's livestrong foundation. the "today" show of course starts at 7:00 after "today in the bay." >> injured and attacked a lot of people along that lying road. a long recovery for him ahead. 6:12 right now. time for check a of the day's top stories. a film about the infamous b.a.r.t. shooting that happened four years ago premiere this is weekend at sundance. it tells the story of oscar grant in days leading up to that shooting playing at the sundance film festival. a man rescued after being trapped in a rail car for nine days. the man was found after union pacific crews heard tapping from

inside one of the cars. the train had arrived wednesday night from stockton almost 300 miles away. wildfires still raging all across southern australia. one person right now reported dead. several homes have been destroyed. the fires have been fueled by a relentless heat wave that's gripping that continent. a controversial set of apps has disappeared from the google play store. change.org says a series of apps that allows users to alter photos to see what they would look like at a different ethnicity like asian or native american. the app disappeared. some called it racist and insulting. you are looking at examples right now. for instance the make me asian app changes the shape of a person's eye, puts rice patty hat on them and fu manchu mustache. a petition with 10,000 signatures were submitted asking google to take the apps down. turning to business news, this story makes you say really? "wall street journal" analyst of

who will pay under the new tax plan getting chuckles this morning. >> scott mcgrew, single mothers will pay $70,000 in taxes. how in the world is that possible? >> well, it's possible if you are "the wall street journal." the journal made a graphic showing a number of different americans from all walks of life and what they'll have to pay in new taxes. so the single mother makes as you can see on the left there $260,000 a year. she'll have to pay $70,000 in new taxes according to "the wall street journal" and you see her sad face. retired couple on the right scraping by with $180,000 a year featured. you have to feel bad for mr. and mrs. average from any town usa. "wall street journal" says they are trying to raise four children with an income of $650,000. that is only $54,000 a month. the analysis which ran a week

ago in the journal is getting some online attention this morning. lots of people just assume it ran in the onion. it indeed was in "the wall street journal". intel reported profits last night. they are either good because they exceeded expectations or bad because intel clearly dealing with very quickly declining chip demand as fewer people buy computers. intel does say it's going to invest millions in new machinery and other capital expenditures with cool guys on wall street call cap ex. here's something interesting. we report factory jobs are declining in the united states. it's not because we're making less stuff. factory output is growing because american factories are using robots. this sunday on "press: here" we'll examine what robots mean for the world economy. we sent factory jobs overseas. chinese make iphones. those jobs could come back to america to be made by robots. one of the world's experts on technology and manufacturing from m.i.t. will be my guest this weekend.

this could really be a game changer. for the last ten years we've been giving developing economies like china and india a taste of capitalism. they have this growing standard of living. we're this close to taking those jobs away. the minute robots are cheaper to operate than people, what will happen to china? they lose their jobs. they are our biggest bank. this has serious implications. >> you are all over it for us as always. thank you so much. >> scott has good guests. all right thank you very much. look forward to that. we're always looking for cheaper ways to fly. if you ever wondered how far in advance you need to book a flight to snag the best deals, we've got your answer right now. according to cheapair.com. it's 49 days flying domestic. 81 days if you are flying international. you have to get on it early. the website says fares start out high and so mark calendars early

and often. >> i've been missing the boat all this time. >> wasting money. >> meteorologist christina loren has good news for the forecast this weekend. >> no reason to fly anywhere this weekend. we'll have spectacular conditions and even if your plans are staying inside. don't have to run the heater. give your ac a break. you don't need either or as we get into this weekend. 70 degrees throughout saturday and sunday in places like santa cruz. looking good. cold start to the day. grab that heavy coat after all. we are still in winter. 30 degrees in concord to start. 33 in livermore. 37 degrees in san jose. we're deep in the heart of winter. it's very unusual to see highs like this. it's going to be so nice all weekend long. like i said, high pressure warming us up to where you don't need to add anything. mother nature is going to be your natural heater and coolant. as we head throughout the day, temperatures will be really comfortable. we'll see upper 60s. it's hazy out there. and of course we do have another

spare the air alert in place in the greater bay area throughout the day and tonight. likely as we head through tonight, temperatures creeping up means you probably won't need it as much. so as we head throughout the day today, temperatures are going to be nice and comfortable. this is the big story. this is what we're excited about. after two years, they have called the mavericks competition this sunday. all of the waves, the big swells are driven by a storm system, a megastorm system, mostly circulating over the water and not impacting anyone but islands in the area 1,500 miles away. this is going to impact us as we head throughout the next couple days. let's talk about what's happening out there. don't get in the water even though it will be perfect at the beaches. the reason why these waves are great for surfing is because they are long period waves. they last 20 to 25 seconds long. that means the surfers can catch a wave and we can watch them ride those. it will be outstanding if you will be out there standing on the beach. 1:00 p.m., 69 degrees. half moon bay has a restricted

area open to where you can view on large screens but we advise you to stay out of the water with high surf advisory in place in santa cruz through the next few days. 70 degrees in gilroy. 67 degrees in beautiful san jose. so we do have changes. our next round of rain comes into the mix late friday into friday and saturday for next week. looking toward a cold and rainy weekend for the next weekend. overall we're going to get a nice fair stretch of weather and you deserve it after getting through the cold snap. 6:19. let's check on your drive. good morning. >> you know we're looking at san francisco right now. city by the bay off the golden gate bridge just fine. bay bridge moving smoothly into the city. we'll check on the toll plaza later in the report. first, i want to tell you about activity or inactivity we were telling about south 280. we talked to officer evans at chp and he said there was a deer that was killed as a result of this accident. crash involved four cars. had to be cleared from the roadway and just seconds ago as i ran through the set we do have

all lanes reported now clear but we had a slowdown approaching vista point. people were able to get off and on at that interchange. things should clear up over the next ten minutes. flashing lights reported in the area. meanwhile, heading south on 280 or 101 into the south bay, not major problem. northbound side early burst that started to smooth out north of 680 for 101 we do have a stall at that 101 and 880 interchange but it is out of lanes. we're tracking that as well. 87 and 85 starts to show a gentle build typical for a friday. here 101 past lawrence is okay but lawrence expressway a fender-bender there sticking out in lanes approaching southbound 101 so just be careful. it's getting more crowded there as well. we look to the tri-valley. typical build for west 580 through livermore. no deal as far as slowing through pleasanton and smooth flow of traffic into sunol. eastbound 80 slow.

we'll track that coming off the grade. no crashes. no incidents reported there. bay bridge toll plaza we do have a backup because metering lights were turned on just before 6:15 and so we see a good volume of traffic slowly building to about mid parking lot. volume of traffic coming down the east shore freeway looked relatively heavy and let's look at that east shore freeway here west of 880 under university avenue. there's a good volume of traffic. expect to see slowing out of richmond today which isn't always the case on a friday morning. during the morning commute but you know what, we're approaching the three-day weekend. a lot of folks are putting in extra time on friday because they will take off monday. keep that in mind. a shift. back to you. >> we'll be here. >> indeed we will. we would not miss it. 6:21 right now. coming up, we all love the olympic games, right? especially because they are right here on nbc. sometimes it's cool to have the x factor. we'll let you know about extreme sports contest that could find a home in lake tahoe. that's coming up just ahead.

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right now you are watching a live look at traffic in san rafael through that s-curve out there filling up on this friday morning. mike inouye says it's going to

be busy. a feel-good friday. christina loren says the temperatures and that sun coming out will be a good one. 6:25. a small town in the netherlands is hiring a helicopter to give mother nature a nudge. police want to ice skate on the large lake near town but they can't because too much snow is covering the lake. the town hired a chopper to blow the snow away from the lake. how long does that take? with the snow gone, skaters will be able to glide around as soon as the ice thickens. here's good news. lake tahoe in the running to host the x games. cool and fun to watch. espn says lake tahoe is on the list of eligible destinations to host the contest from 2015 to 2017. agony of defeat there. if tahoe wins, we hope skiers will do better than these guys. the competition would be held at heaven mountain resorts and squaw valley. that's the cool part of extreme

sports. you get extreme wipeouts. a health scare for giants star pablo sandoval. a picture from a newspaper in venezuela showing sandoval checking into a venezuelan hospital. he complained of abdominal pain but family says it's not appendicitis. the winter league that sandoval plays for says he's been excused for two days. the paper also quotes sandoval's agent as saying sandoval will likely for the return to play for that winter league team. >> probably wise to just chill out and relax and get healthy. that's mvp of the world series. we need panda back. wish him well out there. 6:26 right now. still ahead, hostage crisis deep in t in the syria desert. we'll have the latest on the americans who may still be being held against their will. a live look at san francisco. that's a nice spanning shot.

all of those lights. you made it. it's 6:27. please stay with us.

an update on the hostage crisis deep in the desert. confusion about what's going on and how many people are still being held. giving you a live look at the south bay. that's really gorgeous shot of san jose. people out and about on this friday morning. the question is will warmer weather last through the weekend? we do have your forecast just ahead and it's also a spare the air day. >> you got that right. let's take you live right now for the opening bell on wall street to the new york stock exchange as they ring in a friday. hoping markets continue to jump on this friday, january 18th. it is friday. this is "today in the bay."

6:30 on the nose. good morning to one and all. thank you for getting up early with us. i'm jon kelley. >> good morning to you. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. we begin with a developing story deep in the syria desert. this morning the situation is still chaotic with many questions still unanswered. here's what we know so far. islamist militants are holding workers at a bp oil facility hostage. the attack appears to be retaliation on a decision by france to move in on militants. americans and europeans are among the hostages. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington this morning. trac tracie, the details keep changing. i'm checking the wires. how many people are being held hostage? how many of them are americans?

do we know? >> we don't know. sometimes it's most prudent to tell you that we simply don't have a good number for that. what i can tell you is is that originally when this developed on wednesday we believe as many as 41 were held hostage including some americans. some americans we believe made it out. some according to the white house are still believed to be held hostage. we also know that as part of that raid according to the algerians, six people were killed. the militants say more. 35 were killed. we know that some killed were hostages. we don't know they were americans. we don't know how many. >> what about the extent that the u.s. is going to take some stake in this and get involved in this situation? >> the u.s. offered its help. algeria refused. we didn't know they were doing this raid until after it had already happened. the u.s. is forced to be hands off in terms of what's going on inside algeria. we do and had an unmanned drone

monitoring the situation and knew this morning before we went on the air that reports earlier of a u.s. plane that landed in the desert is an air force medevac plan. it is not for evacuation or any sort of evacuation plan but it is in case there are any wounded that come out. a u.s. air force medevac plane ready to take them to get help. >> tracie potts, obviously this situation is so fluid. we're going to do our best to keep sorting it out for everybody at home. thank you for your insight today. american safety investigators still on the ground in japan right now looking into the continuing problems with boeing agencies 787 dreamliner planes. all have been taken out of service after a string of safety issues including cracked windshields, fuel leaks, battery issues, and an electrical fire. now many global transportation agencies including the faa have ordered the dreamliners grounded while safety checks are being carried out. travelers can expect flight days at sfo this weekend.

tonight at 10:00 sfo will close runways for construction until 8:00 monday morning. the closure will allow construction crews to work on safety upgrades that are required by the federal government. a very cold week. i don't have to tell you that. you have been walking around with your winter jacket in the newsroom. it will get nice outside. christina loren says leave the scarf at home. it will be a nice one. >> i don't know about that, jon kelley. what about the people with cold necks out there? if you are sensitive to the cold, it just depends on your threshold of course, be prepared because it is near freezing just about everywhere yet again. 6:33. a live look and beautiful start to the day over san jose. it's a little bit hazy. what i can tell you about haze, makes for beautiful sunrises. we'll show you live shots all morning long. 33 degrees in livermore to start. 37 in san jose. 29 degrees really cold out there in gilroy this morning. not as cold as it was. this afternoon temperatures are

going to climb. in fact at noon 60 in san jose. warming up to upper 60s and low 70s to round out the day. 70 degrees in gilroy. 67 degrees in san jose today. 64 in san francisco. not too shabby there. the warmup continues into this weekend. seven-day outlook is ready to go in my next report. stay tuned for that. if you have to go right now, if you got to go, wait one minute. mike can help you out. >> hold it. that's what i tell my kids. to the bay bridge toll plaza -- i'm not telling you context. over at the toll plaza, fastrak lanes are the ones backed up. all of the fastrak lanes. on pre-holiday friday a lot of times we have folks who have fastrak more regular drivers and more regularly drive for commute into the city and that's why the backup is there. maybe pay extra this morning. take cash and get to the lighter lanes. still a benefit to the cash payers right now. san mateo bridge toll plaza also has slowing on the approach and westbound away from the toll plaza with these taillights. you see a good steady volume going across that flat section

to the high rise. let's pick folks up over on the peninsula side as they come off the high rise. headlights a smooth drive toward 101 with interchange getting congested but no major slowing there. issue is farther over on the map. we had the southbound 280 side just south of 92. it was closed heading down into woodside. earlier crash involving a number of cars and having killed one deer. the cars are cleared from the roadway. deer is in the center divide. there will be a crew heading over there later. all lanes again are cleared south of 92 heading down into woodside and the south bay. northbound routes where we have slowing for 101 at the top of your screen between 680 and 880 and we do have a stall in the area. lanes are not affected. back to you guys. >> overall friday light. >> pretty smooth. a lot of green out there. still ahead, escalator mayhem. we'll tell you what caused this malfunction that sent people scrambling backwards just ahead. take you outside now live for a live look over san

francisco. that's the palace of fine arts. always a fine view there illuminated in the early morning dawn. we'll have the weather forecast coming up with christina loren. mike will be back with more traffic. it's 6:36.

the fbi says it will not arrest a man who was removed from a flight after a caller were rod a possible hijacker on

board. military jets scrambled to escort the plane into seattle thursday night where the man was questioned. the fbi saying this morning the phone call came into its honolulu office and may be investigated as a hoax. superstorm sandy being blamed for this. a mishap on an escalator inside a new jersey train station. you can see the escalator abruptly starts moving backward and people on it panicking. the port authority says saltwater flooding caused the machinery to finally break down and go haywire. the station was filled with more than 12 feet of saltwater during that storm but the escalator was repaired and put back in service the next day. a firefighter is hit by ice when trying to rescue a child from a burning apartment building. the firefighter climbing to the top floor and then a chunk of snow and ice breaks off the roof over his head. he falls backward. he managed to cling to the

ladder as his fellow firefighter came to the rescue. one was able to climb over him and save that child from the top floor. the firefighter, believe it or not, was not seriously hurt. >> save the kid. those gentlemen always in harm's way. salute them for fine service. thank you very much. 6:40 right now. coming up, unwelcome wake-up call as smoke and flames force people from an east bay apartment complex. surf, turf, and some ice. the busy weekend ahead for bay area sports fans just ahead. we'll tell you how you can catch all of the action. >> what does this little red dot do? it's gadget friday. it's super cool. we'll show you coming up. we show you the smooth traffic flow not too bad for 6:40 in the morning on the golden gate bridge. good day starting. great weekend ahead. get ready to load up and enjoy.

6:43. mavericks surf competition happens this sunday. 24 of the best surfers in the entire world will ride big waves. that's an understatement. in half moon bay. technology from the bay area will help take you along for the ride. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live from san mateo county with a first for this year's mavericks competition. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. happy friday. we have been keeping an eye on things this morning. big waves haven't started yet this morning. you can see a little bit of white caps in the background. maybe three to four feet. by the time this weekend rolls around, they are promising huge waves. the director's quote is come on out because the waves are going

to be insane. by sunday we're talking about long periods lasting about 20 to 25 seconds offering glory rides is what they call them. 30 to 40 feet high waves. for 24 surfers from around the world, you can get actually a different cool view of them. san mateo based camera maker go pro will have tiny cameras mounted on the surfboard during the event and will stream that footage. the latest success for this company is riding a wave of its own. >> every day we're humbled in this office. a new piece of content lands on our social media inbox and it's something totally unexpected. we found ostrich jockeys that raced ostriches rocks these things. >> reporter: go pro is sponsoring mavericks. mini cams are key. two years ago waves came ashore knocking spectators off their feet so people are being moved

from the coastline this year. a festival with big screens behind the hotel. all of the action starts sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. we'll also stream it on nbcbayarea.com. a lot of people will sit on the couch this sunday with laptops open watching surfing and having the television on to watch that niners game. reporting live at ocean beach, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. along with that, a monster weekend for hockey and football as well. 49ers fans hoping this is their year. nine errs loading up to head ouo atlanta this afternoon ahead of the championship game on sunday. the winner heading to the super bowl. game time set for noon. sharks are leaving that lockout behind. they have a season opener in calgary sunday. the puck dropping at 4:00. during commercial breaks we have a dilemma. a kaepernick jersey or

kaepernick tattoo or both? >> i'll go with the jersey. i love him but i don't know if i'll love him forever. >> got you. let's check what's happening weatherwise. >> it will be nice. maybe you want to stay inside on sunday and watch a couple of those games. what i can tell you is kaepernick inspires you to get out and practice during halftime, the weather will cooperate. or if you want to ice skate on sunday if you get inspired by the sharks back on the ice, weather will be perfect for both. you have to love california in january and tahoe. another great place to be over the course of this weekend. basically you have your pick. weather is going to cooperate. 6:46. a live beautiful look at the sun coming up over the bay bridge. you can see all these mariners out here. glassy conditions on the water for now. that will change as we get into this weekend. a live look now into san jose. beautiful start to the day here. we have moderate air quality down in the south bay but

unhealthy levels of pollutant at the ground has prompted another spare the air day. unhealthy air quality this morning in the north bay. 30 degrees in napa. 30 in concord. 37 in san jose. 30 degrees to start the day in gilroy. here is your warming agent. high pressure taking the storm track well to the north where it will remain to our north all of the way through potentially next weekend when we expect the first showers saturday into sunday. you want to put that on your calendar. enjoy this weekend with temperatures in upper 60s and low 70s while they last. it all works out like this for today. 70 degrees in gilroy. 70 in santa theresa. 67 degrees. can't beat that in san jose. especially because we had to get through cold days of the past two weeks. temperatures much cooler than average. so as we get into this weekend, temperatures will be in upper 60s. by monday, tuesday, wednesday, things start to change a little bit. we bring numbers down. and we add some additional cloud cover. we are expecting, like i said, that storm track to roll to the south as we head through thursday and friday and seeing

more clouds and first showers of the month as we get into next weekend. dry so far. we don't have really heavy fog or even thick frost this morning. there's improvement there. >> as we see the first rains come in, you are talking about maybe the effect of the oil built up on the roads. toll plaza. volume of traffic is heavy for a friday. just filled in to the end of the parking lots and coming off 880 over crossing. clearly metering lights are on. we look at the maps as we got a report of a stall on the incline slowing metering lights down causing further backup and slowing already showing up because of volume of traffic on the east shore freeway west 80 as well as both directions through the caldecott, two westbound bores are open. north 880 as you get off north 238 reports at the transition that a big rig stalled out blocking one of the lanes of two-lane transition causing a backup out of castro valley.

problem for the second key spot. three in total to tell you about. slowing for 880 through fremont and union city. the build is heading down to the south bay. northbound routes also key spots. 87, 85 and 280 show slowing. i want to key into north 101 with a stall reported around great america parkway. it may stick into lanes. that could be an additional slowdown there. look at the live shot. this is volume of traffic you're dealing with. headlights coming north of 680. good for the south bay. peninsula, move smoothly but we're picking up volume there as well. 101 north past billow with taillights and south past university with headlights. no major delays. nothing big going on between palo alto and san mateo and coming in from the north bay the bridge moves smoothly right now. easy drive out of san rafael down to the spot but later closer to noon we'll get heavy traffic at the toll plaza because that's the popular time.

friday midday everyone comes into the city. back to you. >> it's so clear there right now. thank you, mike. a developing story we're following out of hayward. fire investigators are expected to head back to the scene of an apartment fire to find out how it started. bob redell is live in hayward with more details on this investigation. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. as the sun comes up you can get a better idea of how destruct wdestructive this fire was. a small complex at second and e in hayward across from all-saints catholic school. it happened last night around 9:30 and it started in the kitchen and as you can see spread from there now that we're starting to see sunlight it looks like it destroyed the entire inside because from my vantage point i can see through the unit and see sky in the background.

it started in the kitchen and spread from there. started charring the outside. looks like it consumed the entire unit itself and there may be damage in unit number nine. when the fire department arrived, they did make entry and did find a woman unresponsive in the kitchen area where this fire started. even though she was unresponsive, she did have a pulse. they were able to take her to eden medical center where it's our understanding that she is still being treated. her condition is unknown. it's just our understanding she was seriously hurt. reporting live in hayward, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> we also have new details this morning on the home invasion that led to the death of a south bay millionaire. investigators telling the chronicle a woman named raven dixon is a prostitute hired by cell phone entrepreneur ravi kumra. investigators say dixon gave information about kumra's

montaer monta er sereno gang about the mansion. initially the chief said the gang war was to blame for 90% of the city's violent crime over recent months but he later admitted he actually overstated that number. dixon now being charged as an accessory to that crime. three men are charged with murder. they could all face the death penalty. a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her friend at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza will be sentenced to death today. a judge chose the death penalty over life in prison after nathan burris said he had no remorse about the killings and that he would do it all over again. the case marks the first capital punishment verdict to be handed down in contra costa county since 2009. san jose's chief of police officially stepping down today. chris moore announcing earlier

last year that he would retire today. as one of his final acts, chief moore telling san jose's casino matrix it cannot open high stakes gaming room set up on the eighth floor. larry esquivel is the man taking over as interim police chief. that will be until the city can find his permanent replacement. esquivel, a 27-year veteran of the san jose police force says he's simply not interested in taking the job full time. good news for undergrads at uc campuses statewide. the uc president says tuition hike for the 2013-2014 school year is unlikely. the uc raised tuition between 2006 and 2011 because of state budget cuts. the nation's capital work right now continues for president obama's inauguration. now the national mall being transformed into america's stage there. of course this is where president obama will take the oath of office on monday. that will be next monday. you can see the stands there.

the presidential view stand is up for authorities and security right there to parade that route. more than 800,000 people expected to attend this one and the secret service promising to have better crowd management this time around. last time four years ago a lot of people got stuck in tunnels and didn't see him being sworn in. the preparations continue. president obama still very busy writing his speech. >> i have seen some yellow pads filled with writing of late around. >> i don't think he should turn this into a partisan speech. i think he helps himself when he holds the high ground. >> for the record president obama and vice president joe biden will take their oaths privately on sunday and then they will have the public oath in front of the nation and hundreds of thousands on monday. a california lawmaker wants teens to preregister to vote at the age of 15. the proposal would give california the country's youngest minimum age for submitting an affidavit of registration.

teens would still not be able to vote until they turn 18. the santa barbara democrat behind this proposal says pre-registering to vote is similar to getting a learner's permit before being licensed to drive. a quick question. do you remember back when you were a kid. that game, hot/cold. >> that's where you said you're getting hotter as someone moved closer to something, right? >> i liked that game. i still play it. >> scott mcgrew you can play that with your car keys. >> getting hotter. you can play with your car keys, your wallet, your cat. our gadget is stick and find. it's a red sticker. this is the sticker part. this goes on your car keys or the tag on your pet or whatever you are constantly losing. the find part is on your smartphone or tablet. take a look. here's the app up and running. searching for the cat. as you get closer to the cat, the icon on the radar gets closer to the bottom like a james bond device. here's a close-up of my iphone

actually running. you can see the cat coming in closer and closer like aliens detector. the cat has a sticker on his tag. you can track 20 stickers simultaneously. and the stickers emit a bluetooth signal. you know you are close and then you walk in until the signal is closer and closer. you can send the signal to the sticker and actually make it beep. $40 for two stickers. it will be in stores in march. you got the iphone over there. you can look and you can see that the cat is a certain distance away. and now i'm actually going to walk out of the shot here and walk closer to you and as we get closer the cat gets closer to you, this being the cat of course. $40 for two stickers. you can track up to 20. i think it's really cool. be in stores come march. >> i think it's a great idea. i could have used it this morning to find my powder.

i had to powder my nose. i couldn't find it. >> i offered to let her use mine. >> whatever is important is what you will have the sticker on. >> this would be great for manti te'o. he can put it on his next girlfriend. >> that might work. >> here we go. >> might want to meet the person to put it on there. we digress. >> what does jon kelley think about that whole story? run with it. >> we don't have enough time to get going. christina loren, tell us what's happening outside. >> i have something that everyone can enjoy and that's a beautiful weekend. a cold start to the day. want to show you a gorgeous sunrise coming in from san francisco this morning. just beautiful out there at 6:57. 35 degrees in san jose. 34 in sunnyvale. 40 in san francisco. hour by hour forecast shows the story. upper 60s for today. we keep on climbing as we get into that upcoming weekend. now, if you missed the seven-day forecast, no worries. i'll be joining you every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. we'll have those numbers for

you. 6:58. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> we had three big deals especially for our friday. they are unexpected slowdowns. bay bridge toll plaza. the big backup here. metering lights were turned on at the regular time this morning and now a stall reported on the incline slowing things down to add to the backup here. maps shows you things moving smoothly on the approach. east shore freeway has slowing out of richmond through berkeley and a stall reported on the incline itself. caldecott and 880 building volume as you come up toward the area. a big issue as well. this stalled semi truck. 80,000 pounds of truck and tire debris blocking the second lane transitioning from north 238 to north 880. specifically the commute. that's causing the backup here and back into castro valley. some folks using 580 westbound as an alternate. that's clear right now as you head through the area. slowing for 580 through dublin. no big deals as far as pleasanton or sunol. a live look at the camera shows the backup that started to let up as the stalled vehicle north of here north of 101 at 680 is

clearing over by great america parkway. still slow from 680 to 880 and building for the rest of the northbound routes. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it will be a busy weekend. we have mavericks surf contest sunday morning. niners play at noon. >> championship time. >> in atlanta and sharks play in calgary at 4:00. >> and then bob redell is going to be later today hooking up with the globetrotters going off this weekend. >> that's right. >> again, a full slate. >> we care about the niners game. not that we don't care about all of it. but i'm pumped for the niners. >> you have the guns going like kaepernick. >> right. thanks for being with us. we'll be back at 7:25 with another live local news update. you got me flustered. >> kiss those guns. >> have a great weekend, everybody.

good morning. the fraud. after years of denial, lance armstrong finally admits to lying and doping throughout his cycling career. >> i view this situation as one big lie. that i repeated a lot of times. >> and he admits to bullying anyone who tried to expose him. this morning, armstrong's former teammate, and the head of his charity, react in exclusive live interviews. not adding up, new details come out about the hoax surrounding notre dame football star manti te'o and new questions over how he didn't know his girlfriend never existed. when will the truth come out? and new term, new do. first lady michelle obama changes up her hairstyle with a bang as the final preparations are being made in washington to host the president's second inaugural "today," friday,